Jack Harer
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Hell, by then all we'll have to do is think bright ideas!!! LOL
I been wondering, people
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xKuroiTaimax
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I was thinking it's all well and good having these fancy watering/lighting systems and ready-mixed nutrients but my mama and daddy never bothered with any of it.
Why I do known is they had a fine old time with what they were smoking.
I understand though, that all theses things are to optimise growing conditions for your weed- everyone wants to do the best they can, but it saddens me when I see people shot down for not having a fancy expensive setup.
Not attacking anyone's way of going about things. Just saying.
Why I do known is they had a fine old time with what they were smoking.
I understand though, that all theses things are to optimise growing conditions for your weed- everyone wants to do the best they can, but it saddens me when I see people shot down for not having a fancy expensive setup.
Not attacking anyone's way of going about things. Just saying.
Charlie Who?
Active Member
There didnt used to be any indoor growing. That's why most of the weed was so crappy.
Back in The Day, folks went to wherever weed grew naturally and smuggled it into the country. Since Mexico is the closest spot where weed grew wild, natch, most of the weed we got in America was lousy Mexican ditch weed. However, there were some places in Mexico where pretty excellent weed grew and was cultivated on purpose, so sometimes we lucked up.
Then the Viet Nam war came along and was a godsend for stoners. Turned out Nam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand have some super fine natural weed and had been cultivating it for many years. Many a soldier mailed home (not to mention many other ways, like stuffing coffins of dead buddies) enough of this great stuff to give us something better than ditch weed.
Now, since this great shit was natural or cultivated by the "natives" and grown outside, it was all full of seeds. So, some enterprising folks began planting those seeds. Then they started crossing the strains. All outside.
Thank god for technology.
The super strains we lucky growers order off the net are the result of those "OG" super naturals, high mountain Mexican, all the Asians, Hawaiian, Beliz, Panama and so on. So, back then, if you were smoking Panama Red or Acapulco Gold, it was because somebody had gone to Mexico or Panama and smuggled it in. I dont know exactly when growers started planting those seeds and crossing strains, but Im pretty sure it was not before 1978 or thereabouts, at least not in large scale. Obviously, the California Heads were the first to plant large scale grows. I personally dont remember smoking anything grown in America before around 1980.
Then again, what do I know?
I was stoned, man.
CW
CW
I never heard of indoor growing before the mid 80's, myself. Maybe it was going on, but I never heard about it.
CW
Back in The Day, folks went to wherever weed grew naturally and smuggled it into the country. Since Mexico is the closest spot where weed grew wild, natch, most of the weed we got in America was lousy Mexican ditch weed. However, there were some places in Mexico where pretty excellent weed grew and was cultivated on purpose, so sometimes we lucked up.
Then the Viet Nam war came along and was a godsend for stoners. Turned out Nam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand have some super fine natural weed and had been cultivating it for many years. Many a soldier mailed home (not to mention many other ways, like stuffing coffins of dead buddies) enough of this great stuff to give us something better than ditch weed.
Now, since this great shit was natural or cultivated by the "natives" and grown outside, it was all full of seeds. So, some enterprising folks began planting those seeds. Then they started crossing the strains. All outside.
Thank god for technology.
The super strains we lucky growers order off the net are the result of those "OG" super naturals, high mountain Mexican, all the Asians, Hawaiian, Beliz, Panama and so on. So, back then, if you were smoking Panama Red or Acapulco Gold, it was because somebody had gone to Mexico or Panama and smuggled it in. I dont know exactly when growers started planting those seeds and crossing strains, but Im pretty sure it was not before 1978 or thereabouts, at least not in large scale. Obviously, the California Heads were the first to plant large scale grows. I personally dont remember smoking anything grown in America before around 1980.
Then again, what do I know?
I was stoned, man.
CW
CW
I never heard of indoor growing before the mid 80's, myself. Maybe it was going on, but I never heard about it.
CW
Charlie Who?
Active Member
I hear ya. I dont have anything fany. My two HPS are off e-bay, LOL. I have a T5, too, but that came later. Other than the lights, I have to buy nutes of course, but I aint got no hydro equipment. Perlite and plastic garbage containers work just fine for me.
Grwoing fine herb is like any other endeavor--you can go fancy or you can go grass-roots....or anywhere in between. The way I see it, nothing is as important as good genetics. Good stock plus light and nutes = good weed. Fancy equipment nor grower skill will improve bad genetics.
However, great lights and great nutes and some good Grow Chops WILL increase your load.
But that's icing on the cake.
Genetics is where it's at.
CW
